This is rather funky. If your a WordPress user there is this nice plugin called X-Dashboard which allows you to configure the ‘dashboard’ on the WordPress interface.
I only recently figured out how to get the Dashboard working properly on Redbrick (see the Redbrick Wiki Topic “Installing WordPress”) so I fired up the plugin and am now able to configure what appears in it.
Whats just a little bit cooler is that you can write mini plugins for the plugin that allow you to include different feeds. So I wrote two, one for Planet Redbrick and one for Planet Irish Gaming.
Install the X-Dashboard plugin normally. There should be a folder in your plugins directory called x-dash-plugins. Create a file called redbrick_feed.php (you can use nano, pico or touch) with these contents:
< ?php
/*
x-Dash-Plugin-Name:Planet Redbrick
*/
global $wpdb, $user_ID;
$rss = @fetch_rss('http://planet.redbrick.dcu.ie/rss20.xml');
if ( isset($rss->items) && 0 != count($rss->items) )
{
xdash_show_title(‘Planet Redbrick’);
if ($xdash_cur_section == ‘main’) {
?>
< ?php _e('Below is the latest blogs from Redbrick users, click on a title to go that site.'); ?>
< ?php } ?>
-
< ?php
- ‘>< ?php echo wp_specialchars($item['title']); ?> — < ?php echo human_time_diff( strtotime($item['pubdate'], time() ) ); ?> < ?php _e('ago'); ?>
$rss->items = array_slice($rss->items, 0, 6);
foreach ($rss->items as $item )
{
?>
< ?php
}
echo "
“;
}
?>
and chmod it to 755. Now you can have the latest redbrick blog posts in your dashboard!
Likewise for the Irish Gaming Planet feed, create a file called igp_feed.php with this:
< ?php
/*
x-Dash-Plugin-Name:Irish Gaming Feed
*/
global $wpdb, $user_ID;
$rss = @fetch_rss('http://irishgamingwiki.com/planet/rss20.xml');
if ( isset($rss->items) && 0 != count($rss->items) )
{
xdash_show_title(‘Planet Irish Gaming’);
if ($xdash_cur_section == ‘main’) {
?>
< ?php _e('Below is the latest news from Irish Gaming, click on a title to go that site.'); ?>
< ?php } ?>
-
< ?php
- ‘>< ?php echo wp_specialchars($item['title']); ?> — < ?php echo human_time_diff( strtotime($item['pubdate'], time() ) ); ?> < ?php _e('ago'); ?>
$rss->items = array_slice($rss->items, 0, 6);
foreach ($rss->items as $item )
{
?>
< ?php
}
echo "
“;
}
?>
and also chmod it to 755. 